Category: Individual Therapy / Counseling

Caileigh Flannigan, a Developmental Interventionist in Canada uses forms of play such as exploring the outdoors and art as a way to promote children’s development and emotional healing. In this piece she looks at ways adults can use art therapy… Read more »

Something is off. Happiness and peace are eluding you. Perhaps your relationships continue to self destruct or you simply feel stuck. Most of us can relate to the experience of being off track. It could be an unexplainable blip or there is… Read more »

Therapists probably have slightly different interpretations of what family of origin work and the process is. Here is my definition: “Family of origin work is getting unstuck emotionally and/or in your relationships in the present, by healing the family or… Read more »

In Family of Origin Work: How to Untangle and Tend to Your Obstacles, I looked at how to understand your history and how it’s impacted you. There are many ways people cope with challenging environments and situations. Once you have… Read more »

In Family of Origin Work: Is it Time to Start Digging?, I looked at possible reasons for looking more closely at what might be an unhealthy root system underneath you. Sometimes our earlier experiences create obstacles to emotional and relationship… Read more »

Being a therapist in private practice working with individuals and couples, I see a vast array of issues that people bring. It’s understandable that many hope to solve the problems as soon as possible. Efficiency is always a goal for me… Read more »

If I was your therapist I’d want you to know… You’re not broken…It’s your experiences that have led to faulty beliefs that might be telling you that. I care about what happens to you…My work with you is not simply about a… Read more »

People come to therapy with varying expectations about the process and the tie that binds them is an awareness that something isn’t working for them as they are in distress emotionally and/or in their relationships. I see my role as witness,… Read more »

The umbrella of trauma may be broader than many realize. It’s not only about experiencing clear-cut physical or sexual abuse, neglect or other horrible events leaving you with a sense of helplessness; if as a child you experienced your environment… Read more »

Your past is connected to your present and future. Emotional health is a broad term but I see it as an overall sense of “alrightness,” of peace, of emotional flexibility, openness, absence of shame and felt happiness. Others may define… Read more »